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New Government urged to ‘reset’ relations with health workers by RCN

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Responding to a statement by the new health secretary, Wes Streeting, a Royal College of Nursing spokesperson said:

“NHS staff haven't given up, but they are exhausted and need the secretary of state to help.

“A fair pay settlement for all is the first step into rescuing health and care services, along with proper investment to boost recruitment and retention. We can't keep asking the same dedicated health workers to do more with less.”

The RCN has called upon new Prime Minister Keir Starmer to ‘deliver a reset in relations with health and care services’ as he sets out his immediate priorities for the first Labour Government in 14 years.

In his first speech from Downing Street, Sir Keir cited nurses as one of the groups whose contributions to society have gone unnoticed for too long, and pledged to put ‘our NHS back on its feet'.

RCN acting General Secretary and Chief Executive Nicola Ranger said Sir Keir had ‘rightly acknowledged the insecurity felt by nursing staff’ and promised ’to act as partners in finding constructive solutions.

The new government must:

Deliver fair pay for nursing. This means committing to building constructive relationships with trade unions so that the late NHS pay award for 2024/25 is delivered quickly and nursing staff in the independent sector receive fair pay and equal working conditions.
Make patient safety a priority. Forced reporting of corridor care must begin immediately. Without clear reporting, the health and care system will continue to hide patients suffering from unsafe and undignified care.
Stand by their word. Within the first 100 days of the new government, the Prime Minister must stand by his word to repeal legislation that restricts the right to strike and launch a sector-wide investigation into exploitation in social care.

‘With backing and investment from his government, nursing staff can get the health service ‘back on its feet’. At present, patients are suffering in corridors and dying alone due to dangerously high nursing shortages,’ said Professor Ranger.

The RCN has also called to the Government to finalise a pay award for his year as a priority. ‘Our members went to polling booths without having received a pay offer for this year and it is unreasonable to make them wait any longer. One of the first acts from the new government must be to announce an NHS pay award – fair pay is an important tool in retaining more nursing staff in services at a time of widespread vacancies,’ said Professor Ranger.

Health service union Unison gave Sir Keir’s election a more fulsome welcome. ‘Labour’s historic victory promises real change for public services,’ said general secretary Christina McAnea.

‘Unlike many previous prime ministers, Keir Starmer isn’t a career politician. He’s a true public servant and understands the value of high-quality services to local communities, and the importance of the workers who provide them.

‘There’s much to fix, including across the NHS, social care and local government. But Keir’s leadership offers the promise of a fresh start for the UK, its key services and working people everywhere.’

Ilford North MP has been appointed Health and Social Care Secretary in Sir Keir’s first cabinet. Previously the Shadow Health Secretary, Mr Streeting, stood back temporarily from frontline politics in 2021 to be treated for kidney cancer. ‘The NHS saved my life. Now I’m determined to save our NHS. That work starts today.’ he said.

The former RCN General Secretary Pat Cullen has also become Sinn Fein MP for Fermanagh and South Tyrone, in Northern Ireland.